#qctimes The @QCRiverBandits are in Beloit tonight but it will baseball as usual on Fri, Sat and Sun in the QC pic.twitter.com/vOqGV3gR2v
— Steve Batterson (@sbatt79) July 3, 2014 Minor League Baseball fans built a bridge to the ballpark after flooding in Iowa
Come high water, there will still be baseball in Davenport, Iowa.
The Mississippi River is flooding Davenport, Iowa, as it does every few years. Unfortunately, that means the stadium for the Class A Quad Cities River Bandits, which sits on the river’s banks, is entirely surrounded by water. But rather than cancel Friday’s game, the team had a solution: just build a bridge to the ballpark.
It's Play Ball! time at Modern Woodmen Park, thanks to this temporary pedestrian bridge. pic.twitter.com/0IFLYyAcU7
— Doing It Davenport (@DoingItDport) July 3, 2014 This isn’t the first time this has happened. Before renovations were made, the stadium used to flood, but since the Mississippi floods so frequently in Davenport, a flood wall went up in 2011 — the river has now flooded three of the four years since then — and provided us with some cool pictures.
Modern Woodmen Park, home of the @QCRiverBandits, surrounded by water as Mississippi crests 5ft above flood stage: http://t.co/KoZvwUCBy6
— MiLB.com (@MiLB) April 21, 2013 Here’s an amazing look at the field during a game:
@CSNHouston Astros Class A Affiliate Quad Cities ballpark is a floating Island Resort pic.twitter.com/4LZLysfQ35
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